ud04.gifTHE MOON AND SUN ARE eternal travelers. Even the years wander on. A lifetime adrift in a boat, or in old age leading a tired horse into the years, every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home..............
 - from "Narrow Road to the Interior" by Basho Matsuo (translated by Sam Hamill)

Sora is my name. There was another famous "Sora" in the history of Japan. He was a companion of Basho Matsuo (giant of Haiku (verse)) in the travel named "Oku no Hosomichi (Narrow Road to the Interior)". I decided to chase their route, because I am another Sora. This is the great bike jouney, another "Narrow Road to the Interior".

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Narrow Road to the Deep North
Map of Japan during the Edo period
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Stage
Tracks
No.
Title
(Prefecture)
Distance
Date
[year.month.day]
Prologue
Tr.2-02
Narrow Road to the Interior - Prologue

(Kanagawa, Tokyo)
99.55 km
2005.05.07
(1 day)
Stage 1 Tr.2-03 Narrow Road to the Interior - Stage 1
"Rain"

(Kanagawa, Tokyo, Saitama, Ibaraki,Tochigi, Fukushima, Miyagi)
about
703.8 km
2005.08.06-08.13
(8 days)
Stage 2 Tr.2-05 Narrow Road to the Interior - Stage 2
"Sightseeing"

(Miyagi, Iwate, Yamagata)
about
602.19 km
2006.08.05-08.13
(9 days)
Stage 3 Tr.2-08 Narrow Road to the Interior - Stage 3
"Hottest Summer"

(Yamagata, Akita, Niigata)
657.97 km 2007.08.10-08.19
(10 days)
Stage 4 Tr.2-11 Narrow Road to the Interior - Stage 4
"white radish flowers"

(Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui)
492.67 km 2008.04.29-05.05
(7 days)
Stage 5
&
Epilogue
Tr.2-12 Narrow Road to the Interior - Stage 5 & Epilogue
"A endless chorus of cicadas"

(Fukui, Shiga, Mie, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka)
523.44 km 2008.08.09-08.15
(7 days)


Related Contents

Textbooks and Guidebooks
Oku no Hosomichi Oku no Hosomichi

Author: Basho Matsuo
  • Paperback: 254 pages
  • Publisher: Kadokawa Books (2001/07)
  • Language: Japanese
  • ISBN-10: 4043574029
  • ISBN-13: 978-4043574025
  • Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches
Oku no Hosomichi no Tabi Handbook Oku no Hosomichi no Tabi Handbook

Author: Tetsuo Hisatomi
  • Paperback: 238 pages
  • Publisher: Sanseido (2002/07)
  • Language: Japanese
  • ISBN-10: 438541047X
  • ISBN-13: 978-4385410470
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
Basho, Oku no Hosomichi: Sora Tabi Nikki, Oku no Hosomichi Sugegomosho Basho, Oku no Hosomichi: Sora Tabi Nikki, Oku no Hosomichi Sugegomosho

Author: Basho Matsuo, Sora Kawai, Riichi Saryuan
  • Paperback: 290 pages
  • Publisher: Iwanami Books (1979/01)
  • Language: Japanese
  • ISBN-10: 4003020626
  • ISBN-13: 978-4003020623
  • Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings (Shambhala Classics)

Author: Basho Matsuo
Translator: Sam Hamill

  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Shambhala Pubns (2000/9/12)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1570627169
  • ISBN-13: 978-1570627163
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
A HAIKU JOURNEY: Basho's Narrow Road to a Far Province A HAIKU JOURNEY: Basho's Narrow Road to a Far Province

Author: Basho Matsuo
Translator: Dorothy Britton
  • Paperback: 124 pages
  • Publisher: Kodansha International (2002/01)
  • Language: English and Japanese
  • ISBN-10: 477002858X
  • ISBN-13: 978-4770028587
  • Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 4.9 x 0.6 inches
 
 
Audiobooks
Oku no Hosomichi [Audiobook] Oku no Hosomichi

  • Audio CD
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Publisher: Kingrecords (2002/5/22)
  • Language: Japanese
  • ASIN: B000065E3F
The Narrow Road to the Interior and Hojoki (Naxos Poetry) [Audiobook] The Narrow Road to the Interior and Hojoki (Naxos Poetry)

  • Audio CD
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Publisher: Naxos Audio Books; Unabridged edition (2008/7/28)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 9626348798
  • ISBN-13: 978-9626348796
  • Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches
 
 
 
web sites about Narrow Road to the Interior
Basho's World - Narrow Road to the Deep North

translation by Nobuyuki Yuasa
darkwing.uoregon.edu/~kohl/basho/
Narrow Road
to the Deep North

- Wikitravel
Narrow Road to the Deep North - Wikitravel

Travel guide of Narrow Road to the Deep North.
wikitravel.org/en/Narrow_Road_to_the_Deep_North
Bosque de Bambú,
camino del haiku
Bosque de Bambú, camino del haiku - Bashô - Oku no Hosomichi


es.geocities.com/bosque_de_bambu/archivos/sendas_de_oku/00.html
 
 
 
other translations of the title of the Basho's writings"Oku no Hosomichi"  
 
  • Narrow Road to the Deep North
  • The Narrow Road to Oku
  • Narrow Road to a Far Province
  • Narrow Road to the Deep North East
  • The Narrow Road to the Far North
  • Back Roads to Far Towns
  • Sendas De Oku/path of Oku
  • Journaux de voyage de Basho
  • Uzka stezka do vnitrozemi